Low-Altitude Airborne Sensor System (LAASS)

Abstract

(U) The Low-Altitude Airborne Sensor System (LAASS) program is developing an airborne sensor system to find and characterize underground facilities (UGFs) used to shield and protect strategic and tactical activities, including command and control, weapons storage, and manufacture of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and tunnel networks that breach secure borders and perimeters. By passively capturing emissions associated with underground facility presence and operations, and doing so using airborne sensors (acoustic, electromagnetic, gravity gradiometry), LAASS can significantly increase our ability to seek out underground facilities and map out their vulnerabilities and backbone structure. LAASS technologies are planned to transition to Northern Command, Southern Command, Strategic Command, or Defense Threat Reduction Agency in FY 2013.

Document Details

Document Type
Accomplishment
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2011
Source ID
7f902670447b3cafb8ab01dae406a024

Tags

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Seismology
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control

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